Spartan 12W Executive

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Spartan 12W Executive
Spartan Model 12 Executive NX21962.jpg
Spartan 12W Executive
RolePersonal luxury transport
National origin United States
Manufacturer Spartan Aircraft Company
First flightcirca 1946 [1]
Statusonly one prototype completed
Producedcirca 1946
Number built1
Developed from Spartan Executive

The Spartan 12W Executive was a tricycle gear post-war development of the Spartan 7W Executive, produced by the Spartan Aircraft Company. [2] The 12W was intended to have higher performance and be more economical than the 7W. [1]

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Design and development

After World War II, Spartan aircraft Company president J. Paul Getty was unsure of the market potential of a new executive aircraft. [3] After building just one model 12W Executive (NX21962), the manufacturer lost interest in luxury aircraft and focused on constructing travel trailers instead. [4] The sole example produced was owned by Spartan Aircraft and employed at their flight training school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [1]

The Spartan 12W Executive features magnesium alloy wings and tail surfaces and range extending wing tip-tanks. The magnesium alloy skin quickly corroded and was replaced with aluminum alloy. The tip-tanks were also removed. [1]

Aircraft on display

Spartan Aircraft flight training school eventually sold the Spartan 12W. Over the years, the aircraft passed through a number of private owners' hands. The 12W was restored in 1967 and in 2012 was retired. The 12W is now on static display at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium. [5]

Specifications

Spartan 12W Executive Spartan Model 12 Executive.jpg
Spartan 12W Executive

Data from Aerofiles [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Spartan." Aerofiles.com, October 6, 2007. Retrieved: August 27, 2017.
  2. Taylor 1989, p. 983.
  3. "Spartan History." spartanexecutive.com, 2003. Retrieved: August 28, 2017.
  4. Donald 1989, p. 853.
  5. Stewart, D.R. "One-of-a-kind Spartan Model 12 plane comes home to Tulsa." Tulsa World, September 28, 2012. Retrieved: August 27, 2017.

Bibliography

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